1988_Colchester_Borough_Council_election
1988 Colchester Borough Council election
1988 UK local government election
Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 5 May 1988 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
Quick Facts 20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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Winner of each seat at the 1988 Colchester Borough Council election |
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This was the first Colchester local election contested by the newly formed Liberal Democrats following the merger of the SDP and Liberal Party.
At the election, the Liberal Democrats emerged as the largest party on the council for the first time since its creation in 1973.
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1988 Colchester Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 2 | 35.0 | 17 | 24 | 40.0 | 12,424 | 32.5 | –4.3 | |
Conservative | 9 | 1 | 45.0 | 14 | 23 | 38.3 | 15,190 | 39.7 | ±0.0 | |
Labour | 3 | 1 | 15.0 | 6 | 9 | 15.0 | 9,590 | 25.1 | +4.7 | |
Tiptree Residents | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1,042 | 2.7 | –0.2 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | –0.2 | ||
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Berechurch
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John William Stevens* | 1,140 | 41.8 | -3.2 | |
Labour | G. Prior | 984 | 36.0 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | E. Parsons | 606 | 22.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 156 | 5.8 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,730 | 44.8 | -4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,090 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.8 | |||
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Castle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | R. Cole* | 947 | 38.5 | -5.3 | |
Conservative | E. Humphreys | 896 | 36.4 | +1.7 | |
Labour | H. Winter | 617 | 25.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 51 | 2.1 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,460 | 47.9 | -11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,136 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.5 | |||
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Dedham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | G. Williams | 485 | 53.9 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | G. Spray | 390 | 43.4 | -15.0 | |
Labour | S. Worgan | 24 | 2.7 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 95 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 899 | 58.8 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,529 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 16.4 | |||
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East Donyland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Sanderson* | 551 | 56.9 | +4.7 | |
Labour | B. Wilding | 302 | 31.2 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Woodward | 115 | 11.9 | -11.4 | |
Majority | 249 | 25.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 968 | 56.5 | -0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,713 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0 | |||
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Fordham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Cannon* | 449 | 66.1 | +1.1 | |
Labour | A. Sullivan | 127 | 18.7 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Chase | 103 | 15.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 322 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 679 | 48.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2 | |||
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Harbour
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Bird* | 1,135 | 52.5 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Mike Coyne | 518 | 24.0 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Blandon | 461 | 21.3 | -15.1 | |
Majority | 617 | 28.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,114 | 38.3 | -10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,652 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.2 | |||
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Lexden
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sonia Lewis | 1,188 | 50.2 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Williamson | 1,056 | 44.6 | -7.7 | |
Labour | J. Crawford | 123 | 5.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 132 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,367 | 54.7 | -4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,327 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 7.5 | |||
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Marks Tey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Gower | 454 | 49.8 | -14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Ambridge | 268 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Maureen Lee | 190 | 20.8 | -15.4 | |
Majority | 186 | 20.4 | -7.1 | ||
Turnout | 912 | 43.8 | +14.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,082 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Mile End
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Borges* | 884 | 58.4 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | E. Reid | 376 | 24.9 | -9.1 | |
Labour | A. Hayden-Case | 253 | 16.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 508 | 33.5 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,513 | 37.8 | -7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,005 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.8 | |||
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New Town
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Bob Russell* | 1,373 | 68.2 | +13.0 | |
Labour | Sandra Benedetti | 417 | 20.7 | -6.1 | |
Conservative | J. Clarke | 223 | 11.1 | -6.9 | |
Majority | 956 | 47.5 | +19.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,013 | 43.8 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,595 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.6 | |||
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Prettygate
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Hunt* | 1,295 | 50.7 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | R. Stevenson | 1,001 | 39.2 | -2.4 | |
Labour | G. Thompson | 256 | 10.0 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 294 | 11.5 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,512 | 50.7 | -7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,029 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.2 | |||
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Shrub End
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. Cawley* | 1,047 | 49.7 | -8.6 | |
Labour | Frank Wilkin | 588 | 27.9 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | E. Winney | 470 | 22.3 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 459 | 21.8 | -13.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,105 | 33.0 | -3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,381 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.6 | |||
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St. Andrew's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Truscott | 1,294 | 52.6 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | E. Paice | 746 | 30.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Muffett | 421 | 17.1 | -10.6 | |
Majority | 548 | 22.3 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,461 | 27.3 | -2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,019 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.9 | |||
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St. Anne's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Frank* | 922 | 41.6 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | G. Gawthrop | 702 | 31.7 | -3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Sheehan | 592 | 26.7 | -13.5 | |
Majority | 220 | 9.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,216 | 45.8 | -4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,843 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.0 | |||
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St. John's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Smith* | 1,120 | 51.7 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Clubb | 821 | 37.9 | -9.6 | |
Labour | K. Hindle | 224 | 10.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 299 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,165 | 39.4 | -10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,497 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.4 | |||
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St. Mary's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Brooks* | 1,209 | 59.2 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Watkins | 426 | 20.9 | -11.8 | |
Labour | R. Turp | 407 | 19.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 783 | 38.3 | +19.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,042 | 41.0 | -8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,986 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.9 | |||
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Stanway
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Sykes | 968 | 44.0 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | B. Chafer* | 887 | 40.3 | -6.6 | |
Labour | Tim Young | 346 | 15.7 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 81 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,201 | 41.3 | -2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,333 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.6 | |||
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Tiptree
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tiptree Residents | E. Bird* | 1,042 | 66.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | E. Peel | 385 | 24.5 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Lucy Wood | 145 | 9.2 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 657 | 41.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,572 | 25.5 | -5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,161 | ||||
Tiptree Residents hold | Swing | 0.2 | |||
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West Mersea
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Kimberley | 1,337 | 73.4 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Stevens | 345 | 18.9 | -10.4 | |
Labour | C. McGowan-Griffin | 139 | 7.6 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 992 | 54.5 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,821 | 34.1 | -10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,341 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.6 | |||
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Wivenhoe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Adams | 1,174 | 47.8 | -0.9 | |
Labour | Robert Newman | 1,097 | 44.7 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Wilson | 185 | 7.5 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 77 | 3.1 | -4.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,456 | 40.5 | -3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,058 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 2.2 | |||
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